There are 4 households in a locality. The annual income of the first household is $20,000, the annual income of the second household is $47,000, the annual income of the third household is $50,000, and the annual income of the fourth household is $71,000.Refer to the scenario above. If the first household pays 20% of its income as tax, the second household pays 17.5% of its income as tax, the third household pays 13% of its income as tax, and the fourth household pays 10% of its income as tax, income taxes are in nature.

regressive

Explanation:

A regressive tax is basically a tax whose rate increases as your income decreases. Generally you do not need to increase the marginal tax rate of lower income levels, all you need to do is have a flat tax that taxes everyone with the same amount. E.g. everyone pays $2,000 as income taxes. $2,000 per person represents 10% of the first household's income, but it only represents 2.7% of the fourth household's income.

On the other hand, progressive taxes increase as the income level of the taxpayers increases.

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.